Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor Joy, a half-English and half-Spanish woman, was born April 16, 1996 in Miami Florida. The daughter of Dennis Alan Taylor, a former banking executive and Jennifer Marina Joy, a psychologist, she is half-Spanish and an English-speaking woman. The father of her is Argentine who is of Scottish and English origin. Her mother is Spanish and English origin. Her birthplace was in a clan with six kids. Four siblings of Taylor-Joy are from the previous marriage to Taylor's father. They lived together at home in Buenos Aires from the time she was 6 years old before they relocated to Victoria, London. Taylor-Joy said moving was traumatic, and refused to study English because she hoped to return to Argentina. Hill House had to be her new school after she transferred from Northlands. Later, she enrolled in Queen's Gate School where she studied ballet and acted in school plays. At 16, she left the school to take on acting as a profession. Taylor-Joy always knew she wanted to be an actress. She was offered a opportunity to do so by Sarah Doukas founder of Storm Management She offered her an opportunity as a model.